Conference: “Digital Curating: Ethics of Access and Sustainability”
© Anna Sokolova

From 4 to 6 March 2026, the Centre for Advanced Study “Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change” will hold a conference entitled “Digital Curating: Ethics of Access and Sustainability” (in English).

Venue: Lecture hall JO 1, Johannisstraße 4, 48143 Münster

Registration: If you would like to participate, please register by 15 February 2026 at kfg.zugang@uni-muenster.de. 

Scientific Organisation: Renate Buschmann, Josina Dehn, Ursula Frohne

Programme: The programme will be available here shortly.

The international conference will address changes in curatorial practices in the wake of digital transformation and the resulting ethical, ecological and social challenges. Experts from museums, universities and cultural institutions will discuss how digital technologies are expanding access to cultural heritage, challenging existing hierarchies and enabling new forms of participatory knowledge production. The focus will be on questions of authenticity, representation and responsibility in dealing with digital artefacts, reproductions and virtual spaces. The possibilities and risks of artificial intelligence for curatorial processes and the ecological impact of digital infrastructures will also be addressed. The aim of the conference is to open up perspectives on sustainable and equitable cultural access in the digital age and to bring together the aesthetic, ethical and ecological dimensions of globally networked cultural practice.

Speakers

  • Dr. Jörg Albrecht (Burg Hülshoff – Center for Literature, Münster, Germany)
  • Dr. Hauke Behrendt (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
  • Dominik Bönisch Alpári (University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf (MIREVI), Germany)
  • Dr. Regine Ehleiter (Witten/Herdecke University, Germany)
  • Dr. Chantal Eschenfelder (Städel Museum, Frankfurt a. M., Germany)
  • Alina Fuchte (Kunstpalast / NRW Forum Düsseldorf, Germany)
  • Dr. Berit Hummel (University of Münster, Germany)
  • Prof. Dr. Senka Ibrišimbegović (University of Sarajevo, Serbia)
  • Prof. Dr. Jon Ippolito (University of Maine, USA)
  • Prof. Dr. Sarah Kenderdine (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Dr. Michael Klipphahn-Karge (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, Germany)
  • Prof. Dr. Joasia Krysa (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom)
  • Francis Marshall (London Museum, United Kingdom)
  • Marina Nething (Museum Ulm, Germany)
  • PD Dr. Grischka Petri (FIZ Karlsruhe Leibniz Institute for Information Sciences, Germany)
  • Prof. Dr. Marie-France Rafael (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland)
  • Prof. Dr. Reinold Schmücker (Centre for Advanced Study “Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change”)
  • Anna Sokolova (Artist, Düsseldorf, Germany)
  • Prof. Dr. Annette Urban (Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany)
  • Prof. Dr. Beatrice von Bismarck (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, Germany)